"Qiankun Sword, draw!"
With a loud shout, Li Ling unleashed his natal sword, the Qiankun Sword, from his dantian. The sword was surrounded by multicolored light and possessed unparalleled sharpness, as it shot towards Ziyuan.
"Boom!"
The Qiankun Sword pierced through Ziyuan's heart, taking away her life force.
"Mother!!"
Guo Lin was devastated when she saw this. She twisted her body, trying to break free from the soldiers around her, but she was seriously injured and could only watch helplessly as Zi Yuan was killed.
"Drag her out!" Li Ling ordered General Yang.
Since they were the children of his enemy, Li Ling would not leave any future trouble for himself.
"Your subject obeys." General Yang waved his hand and ordered his men to take Guo Lin away.
Li Ling arrived beside Zi Yuan's corpse. At this moment, the Qiankun Sword was floating in mid-air, and a wisp of mysterious aura emanated from the short sword in Zi Yuan's hand, which was absorbed by the Qiankun Sword.
As Li Ling absorbed this mysterious aura, he could feel the level of the Qiankun Sword gradually increasing, while the short sword slowly began to decay.
Li Ling remembered that when the system created the Qiankun Sword, it said that his Qiankun Sword could absorb the essence of other weapons and magic treasures to improve itself, but this was the first time the Qiankun Sword had shown such power.
From the memories of Chi You's remnant soul that Li Ling obtained, he learned that weapon grades are divided into mortal weapons, magic weapons, magic treasures, immortal weapons, acquired spiritual treasures, acquired supreme treasures, innate spiritual treasures, innate supreme treasures, chaotic spiritual treasures, and chaotic supreme treasures.
Each grade is further subdivided into low-grade, medium-grade, high-grade, and top-grade.
Ordinary weapons and magical artifacts are weapons that cultivators below the Golden Core realm can use, while magical treasures are weapons that cultivators below the Earth Immortal realm can use.
Immortal weapons, as the name suggests, are weapons that immortals can use.
As for weapons of the Acquired Spiritual Treasure level or above, they require a cultivation level of Golden Immortal or above to use.
The Qiankun Sword was created by the system and immediately became a magic weapon, albeit a low-grade one.
At this moment, after absorbing the essence of the Purple Garden Short Sword, the Qiankun Sword gradually improved into a mid-grade magic weapon.
"Buzz~"
As the essence of the short sword was completely absorbed by the Qiankun Sword, the Qiankun Sword roared and 'whooshed' back into Li Ling's dantian.
The longsword on the ground was now reduced to dust. Li Ling waved his hand, and with a 'whoosh,' only a few fragments remained on the ground.
General Yang and the others watched as His Majesty the First Emperor used his flying sword to instantly kill the enemy, and their already reverent expressions became even more devout.
Feeling the increasing power of the Qiankun Sword, Li Ling, still a terracotta figure, managed a smile, then turned his gaze to the center of the secret realm, to the small pool that slowly overflowed with mist.
Li Ling strolled over, the mud on his body falling away. When Li Ling stepped into the Fountain of Youth, his body radiated a rich, water-based divine light.
"Legend has it that the water of this Fountain of Youth is a legacy left behind by the Queen Mother of the West after her enlightenment. Although it is not enough to grant you eternal life, even a single drop can add a year to your lifespan. You have followed me into Shangri-La, which is a great blessing. Therefore, this water is bestowed upon you..."
Li Ling did not forget General Yang and the others. He casually swirled out a large ball of the Fountain of Youth and injected it into the bodies of General Yang and his soldiers.
Although the fountain of youth doesn't have much water, it can still extend their lifespan by a hundred years.
"Thank you for your great kindness, Your Majesty!"
Led by General Yang, a group of people knelt respectfully on the ground, looking at Li Ling's tall and straight back with fervent and admiring eyes.
"Rise, all of you protect me. I will use the Fountain of Youth to rebuild my body." Li Ling sat cross-legged in the Fountain of Youth and began to rebuild his body.
Upon hearing this, General Yang and the others immediately took up positions beside the Fountain of Youth, holding their weapons and vigilantly watching their surroundings.
As the Fountain of Youth flowed into his body, Li Ling clearly felt the changes in his physique.
As time slowly passed, Li Ling's body finally recovered, and at the same time, he uncontrollably transformed into a five-clawed dragon with wings.
It is Yinglong!
"Sing!"
A dragon's roar echoed throughout the secret realm. Li Ling soared into the air, his entire body radiating water-based divine light, transforming into an Yinglong that flew through the sky.
The dragon roared, its ferocious power overwhelming!
"This Fountain of Youth truly lives up to its name as divine water; it can actually enhance the power of this drop of Yinglong essence blood within my body!"
When Chi You's primordial spirit escaped the seal, it contained his own essence blood and a drop of essence blood obtained from Yinglong when he injured him during the Battle of Zhuolu. However, when he traveled through space, he encountered spatial turbulence, which not only turned his own primordial spirit into a remnant soul, but also made his ancestral witch essence blood and Yinglong essence blood incomplete.
Although the essence blood of the Yinglong later merged into the body of the Dragon Emperor, enabling the Dragon Emperor to transform into a dragon, its power was ultimately limited. However, at this moment, under the influence of the Fountain of Immortality, this drop of Yinglong essence blood was slowly repairing and enhancing itself.
During the pre-Qin period, the Dragon Emperor was known as the "Ancestor Dragon" because it was this drop of Yinglong's essence blood that could transform into a dragon.
Because the Dragon Emperor possesses a drop of Yinglong essence blood within his body, which, through a secret technique, can transform him into a dragon.
"Sing!!"
A three-hundred-meter-long, two-winged dragon soared into the sky, bursting out of the Shangri-La Secret Realm, its entire body radiating water-based power, before disappearing into the clouds.
"Boom!"
Wherever Li Lingyinglong's body passed, dark clouds gathered in the sky and thunder roared.
The dragon race is indeed born with the ability to control clouds and rain.
"General, the thunderclouds in the sky are huge. Will His Majesty the First Emperor be in trouble?" General Yang's beautiful assistant looked at the thick thunderclouds in the sky and asked with a worried expression.
"Smack!"